About Slovakia

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• Population: 5.4 million (UN, 2005)
• Capital: Bratislava
• Area: 49,033 sq km (18,932 sq miles)
• Major languages: Slovak
• Major religion: Christianity
• Life expectancy: 70 years (men), 78 years (women) (UN)
• Monetary unit: 1 koruna = 100 haliers
• Main exports: Manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment
• GNI per capita:US $6,480 (World Bank, 2006)
• International dialling code: +421

The dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the close of World War I allowed the Slovaks to join the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation within Soviet-ruled Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia once more became free. The Slovaks and the Czechs agreed to separate peacefully on 1 January 1993. Slovakia joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004.